The drug boss demands that Bo retrieve all the evidence the
police have against him. Jennifer stops by the jail to see Jack
and give him some family photos. A convict named Travis befriends
Jack who is one of Stefano's hired thugs. Later, Travis calls
Stefano with the results of his first meeting with Jack.
Susan asks Kristen for one more day with her baby but Kristen
goes nuts and tells her no. She grabs the wedding ring and then
orders Susan to go to the private hospital to recuperate. Marlena
tries to tell John about Kristen's deceit but he's delirius with
joy and keeps interrupting her. The two are then interrupted by
Kristen's scream. They find her with the baby and realize he is
not breathing. After the baby is taken away, Marlena hears
Kristen mumble that she won't lose this baby like the last one.

Carrie is upset to find Austin lying in bed next to Sami. Kate
hears that her son was in bed with Sami all night after Carrie
went home for the evening. Kate suggests that Austin take Carrie
out for breakfast and when he does so, they make plans to spend
the day together. However, a sudden call from Mike at the
hospital sends Austin running back to Sami. Marlena reveals to
Laura that John and Kristen's baby has stabilized. John suggests
to Kristen that their baby is as much a fighter as his mother is.
As more tests are scheduled for the baby, Kristen becomes upset
when John suggests bringing in Marlena to help out. Kristen is
concerned when she spots Marlena in John's arms. Marlena makes
plans to tell John the truth about Kristen as soon as the baby is
healthy so that John will be able to make a choice. Kristen warns
Marlena that she will not allow her to take John away from her.
Lynn calls Kristen with a warning that Laura failed to take her
pill. Lynn arrives at the hospital with the medication just
before Laura takes the pill Marlena was going to get for her.

Moony, Jack's cellmate in prison starts trouble by removing the
family photos from the wall of their cell. Jack warns him that if
he does it again, he'll kill him. By using Stefano's name, Travis
makes a deal with the guard to frame Moony so that he can become
Jack's cellmate. The guard plants a knife and gets Moony in
trouble so that Travis can become Jack's cellmate. Moony vows
revenge against Jack. Bo assures Abe that he won't blow his
undercover case. Hope wants to be on the drug detail but Bo won't
allow it. Unable to stop thinking about the drug problem, Hope
decides to do some work on her own. Marlena and Laura follow John
around the hospital and finally confront him. But as Marlena is
about to tell him about Kristen's deceit, the doctor interrupts
with bad news about the new baby and a heart problem. The doctor
explains that there is an abnormal opening in the wall of the
heart which needs to be fixed through surgery. Dr. Robins arrives
to examine Kristen but she won't allow it, claiming to only want
to be with her baby.

Sami's pain continues, and Austin stays by her side. Carrie watches from the
hospital hallway, disturbed by the sight of Austin with Sami. Lucas comes by
with a bouquet of flowers for Sami, but gives one of the flowers to Carrie
when he sees how upset she is. Carrie is saddened by the flower, remembering
the gardenia Austin gave to her on Valentine's Day, which he ended up giving
to Sami. Lucas decides to sit with Sami to give Austin and Carrie some time
together. Carrie is grateful, but Austin is suspicious. When Lucas leaves
the room, Kate comes in and begins badgering Sami to remember the location of
the papers. Sami gets upset when she can't remember, and Lucas catches Kate
giving her a hard time. In the hallway, Lucas tells Kate not to bother Sami
any more, just as Vivian and Ivan come upstairs with a gift for Sami.
Vivian, who had had a confrontation with Kate over a Titan client earlier in
the day, had decided to come see Sami to try to get the location of the
papers Sami was using to blackmail Kate. When Lucas sees Vivian and Ivan, he
tells them to go away and leave Sami alone. They leave reluctantly.

At the Titan building, Franco tells Billie that Bo has rejected Hope, and it
is a perfect time for her to go after Bo herself. Franco leaves, and Kate
comes in. Kate tells Billie that Franco is right, and Billie rushes off to
the store to buy a special dress for Bo. At the same time, at Alice's house,
Alice and Maggie were encouraging Hope to do the same thing, and go after Bo
with all she has. Hope rushes out excitedly to buy a dress to impress Bo,
running into Franco as she leaves. At the boutique, Hope tries on a sexy
black dress and has dreams of winning Bo back. In the next dressing room,
Billie tries on a cute red dress and fantasizes about Bo. In the store, Hope
runs into Billie and figures out they are there for the same reason. Hope
and Billie both admit they are going after Bo, and wonder if they can ever be
friends again.

Franco talks to his mysterious employer on the phone, and tells the employer
that in order to win Hope, he needs a lot of money. A briefcase is delivered
for Franco, containing thousands of dollars. Franco is warned that if he
fails, there could be serious consequences.

Bo and Abe meet under the pier, and Abe tells Bo that a complication in the
plan to nail J.L. King has materialized. The mayor's office has been putting
pressure on Abe to nail King and, unaware of the undercover operation with
Bo, has installed a high-tech laser motion detector security system in Abe's
office, protecting the safe with the King files. An armed guard is posted
outside Abe's office door, with orders to shoot to kill anyone trying to
break in. King has demanded that Bo obtain those files as a test of his
loyalty as a bad cop. Abe can't allow Bo to have easy access to the office
because he knows that King would pick up on the setup, and Bo's cover would
be blown. Abe tells Bo that if he is caught trying to break in, he will be
shot or sent to prison, where he probably wouldn't last long because many of
the convicts know and hate Bo. Abe gives Bo a chance to back out of the
deal, and Bo almost takes it, but thinking of Hope and Shawn-D and the drug
dealers all over Salem, Bo decides to go through with it. Abe gives him the
office blueprints, and Bo decides to enter through the air ducts. Back at
the station, Abe locks up for the night and the security system is activated.
A crooked female cop working for King arranges to relieve the guard outside
Abe's office when she hears sounds in the ceiling and suspects Bo is trying
to break in. The other guard returns, and King's plant calls her boss and
tells him that Bo is probably obtaining the files, and can be trusted as
loyal. Just then, Hope drops by. The armed guard tells her she can't go
into Abe's office, but Hope brushes by and is about to enter. Inside the
office, Bo has dropped through the ceiling, threading the laser beams, and is
working on the safe combination. But just as he almost has the safe opened,
Bo notices a moving laser headed right in his direction, and knows he is
about to be caught - with Hope right outside the door.

Thursday, February 28, 1997

by Diane Dix

Hearing Hope outside Abe's office door, Bo hurriedly opens the safe and
retrieves the J.L. King files. He scampers back up into the air shaft and
escapes safely. As soon as he is back in his room at the pub, Bo calls Abe,
who had been waiting anxiously for his call. Abe congratulates him on a job
well done. After Bo hangs up, Max calls and asks if Bo has the file. Bo
says he does, and Max tells him the dropoff will be made at an after hours
club called the Snake Pit. Bo writes down the name of the bar and leaves,
encountering Billie in the hallway. Billie, dressed to kill, asks Bo if he
wants to go out, but Bo brushes her off, saying he has important business,
but not with Hope. As he leaves, he accidentally drops the paper with "The
Snake Pit" written on it. Billie picks it up and decides to go after Bo,
hoping to confront him at The Snake Pit and make him declare his feelings for
her. When Billie arrives, Bo is horrified to see her and tries to make her
leave, but Billie, thinking he's playing hard to get, refuses. Unbeknownst
to both of them, Max and King are watching them on club cameras, wondering
why Bo's ex-wife is there and whether Bo is setting them up.

Hope leaves a note for Abe at the station, and comes perilously close to
discovering Bo in Abe's office. The more Hope hears about the drug case, the
more determined she becomes to investigate it herself. Hope tracks down Abe
and asks to be put on the case. Abe reminds Hope that she is suspended, and
warns her to stay away from the case. Hope asks Abe if Bo is working
undercover, and Abe tells her he would never trust Bo with a case. Hope
leaves the office hurt by Abe's attitude, but convinced she must go after the
drug problem herself. After running into Franco, Hope is inspired to go
after the drug problem by hanging out at a known drug dealing site, one which
is frequented by models - The Snake Pit. Hope convinces Franco to go with
her. They dress up and arrive at The Snake Pit, where Max and King are
amazed and wary to see BOTH of Bo's ex-wives at the same place with Bo at the
same time. King promises it will be an interesting night.

Marlena fantasizes that after telling John all of Kristen's evil deeds, he
will leave Kristen and come to her. But she can't bring herself to tell him
before the baby's surgery. She reassures herself that as long as John and
Kristen's marriage remains unconsummated, he can easily get an annulment.
Playing with Brady, Marlena tells him that someday she, John, Belle, and
Brady can be a family. At the hospital, Kristen invites John into her bed
and asks him to make love to her, despite the fact that the baby is barely a
day old. John almost succumbs, but decides it would be wiser to wait.
Lexie, after a disturbing conversation about Kristen with Vivian, spots
John and Kristen lying intimately in bed together. After her shift ends, she
stops by the DiMera house to visit Marlena. Marlena reveals to her that
Kristen is not what she seems, and in fact, is a true daughter of Stefano.
Realizing that Lexie is also Stefano's daughter, Marlena quickly apologizes
for the faux pas. Marlena expresses her relief that John and Kristen's
marriage is unconsummated. Lexie looks uncomfortable, and Marlena demands
to know what is wrong. Lexie tells Marlena what she saw at the hospital,
and Marlena, in outrage, dashes off to the hospital. There, she finds John
lying alone in Kristen's hospital bed. Dreaming, he tells her he wants her
and pulls her down to kiss him.